The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-08
SINCERITY IN UNDERWEAR
Daintiness Captures the Fancy and
Commands Respecr-

Commands Respect
/ New YoRK. Aug. 6.-To the French be
/ long the palm Of daintiness. or. in other
words, having everything as fine. orna-
mental and well made which is not intended
70 be sen save by the weareF - if these
same things were garments always the
mos Observed 1t IS the same principle
which in statnary or painting We call true
art. or sincerity III art Tbe true artist
makes the raEs.Ties Of his statues fan in as
graceful folds at the back. even though the
figure l. to stand forever IL = nlcEe. 30 20
the well-bred woman. who likes 10 Know
and feel that her underwear IS well made
ana beautiful There is no doubt that a
woman respects herself more, and therefore
Others respect her, who y dainty. On the
ZANE principle that bread and butter, cut
extremely thin, served on a Seyres OF other
delicate porcelain plate, tastes better than
tia self-same bread cut in hunks, taken
IN the hand or laid upon some coarse
kitchen ware. These are not trifies; these
feelings are the very root If all that goes 10
make up refinement and cultivation.
The French were the first 70 attract
attention 70 the beauty of good teeth and
the first TO introduce the manicIrlEg OF
finger nails. French underwear has a world
wide reputation. Some of the prettieSt and
daiEtlest inspected this week It was por-
ton OF a bridal trousseau Of an American
heiress. There were undervests Of pale
pink blue and cream silk Most Of these
that are TO be purchased lose their color in
the laundry. To obviate this the vests
should tie hand knit to order OF some Of the
weil-knOwn knitting silks; they will hold
their color perfectly in this way. Most Of
thO>e on sale are dyed after tine underveSt
i made by machine. To h. Owed in the
wool i an old saying; its benefits are as
H.. L. -eHf Il
ladies' knit their own underveSts; they are
easily done and make pretty summer fancy
work. With bric-8-nrac aud antique
furniture has been revived that almost lost
art, stocking knitting. II used to he quite
a test by which TO judge If a young woman
would make good wife. Whether this
test Is 10 be revived | know not. but
certainly the young ladies have taken a
wonderful interest in Knitting stockings Of
late I'll tell YOU a secret. too Most OF them,
/ notice are not knitting very long legs 10
them. and the feet are certainly larger than
they themselves could wear So you can
put two and two together and see if it
doesn't look as though Tom, Dick or Harry
was going to have a present next Christmas
Of half dozen pairs Of silk socks made by
the dainty fingers OF Blanche, Tray or Sweet
heart
Night dresses. chemises and drawers are
all made Of white china silk, trimmed with
real lace. Vaienciennes seems TO be the
favorite, or oldfashiOned thread lace, which
is durable and does up well. These night
robes are 50 beautiful they may be used as
robes de chambre and, indeed, in Paris the
the ladies often do receive intimate female
friends thus attired in their own apartments,
and gossip mildly over a cup OF chocolate.
Sets Of three pieces also come In plain
colOred china silk, which material is much
softer and cooler than sJIrah and washes as
well as any silk pocket handkerchief
Many object TO cOlOred undertaking, and
it must be said plain white is preferable,
but where one has plenty of money 10 in-
dulge in the fancies OF the hour. these
cOlOred, or perhaps | should say tinted for
the color MUST always be very pale, under
garments are very attractive. Stripes are
fashionable, even here Sets of three
pieces are of white silk, with blue, pink
or yellow hair lines, profusely trimmed
with lace; these also come in
white null. striped the same. but the silk
feel cooler, and there is another advantage
the silk does not require starching; in fact,
| its hmpness is part OF its attractiyeness,
while the null must, of course, be starched
| to give II the proper appearance.
One of the most useful and dainty arti-
| Giles of this troSseau is a dress waist protec-
tor which is intended to keep the Innings of
dresses unsoiled Thew are better than cor
Sct CONSiS' a. tItSg w NV 80 diotiiid bbo
waist at all. Corset covers are warm at
best. These dress protectors are made in
the shape of a half handkerchief, with just
a strip to go under the arms. To hold it in
place tiny linen tape is attachedto the poins
at the back, at the waist line, and is
| brought round in front to hold down the
two front ends. Small lnce buttons fasten
these together; of course a half circle is cut
out at the throat in order to make it fit the
| shoulders properly They are trimmed all
/ around with the narrOwest thread lace and
are made of the finest linen lawn or white
china silk EVELYN BAKER HARvIER